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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 2Atai, Ali Asghar.
- 2Belay, Tsegay
- 2Bhaduri,Swayamdipta
- 2Brenneis, Dylan
- 2Carrigy, Nicholas B.
- 2Chen, Jie
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Fall 2009
Classifying pipe cracks by size from their pulse-echo ultrasonic signal is difficult but highly significant for the defect evaluation required in pipe testing and maintenance decision making. For this thesis, a binary Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier, which divides pipe cracks into two...
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A Techno-Economic and Life-cycle Assessment of the Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass
DownloadSpring 2019
The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions footprint of Alberta’s oil sands industry is one of the industry’s most arduous environmental challenges. Alberta’s oil sands industry uses chemicals such as diluent to reduce the viscosity of bitumen to ease its transportation through pipelines. The oil sands...
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A Techno-Economic Assessment of Sustainable Large Scale Hydrogen Production from Renewable and Non-Renewable Sources
DownloadFall 2016
In recent times, the imperative to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that emanate from a multitude of sectors in the global energy economy has achieved unprecedented and widespread consensus. Depending on the energy resource and method used to produce hydrogen, it offers a compelling...
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A Thin-Film Model to Characterize a Luminescent Solar Concentrator for Higher Efficiency Electricity Generation
DownloadSpring 2023
Jayamaha, Don Jehan Savio Reshon
A Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC) is a device that consists of a transparent plate with photovoltaic (PV) cells connected to one or more sides. The transparent plate functions as a waveguide and contains luminescent particles, such as organic dyes or quantum dots. The luminescent particles...
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Abrasive Wear Assessment of X70 Steel and Polyurethane Coupons on a Modified Dry/Sand Rubber Wheel Apparatus
DownloadFall 2013
An experimental study was conducted to assess the scratching abrasion in dry and wet environments on X-70 steel and five different types of titanium carbide particulate polyurethane composites (PU). A testing apparatus was constructed based on the dry sand rubber wheel test method standardized by...
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Fall 2009
The work presented in this dissertation provides a novel technique of manipulation of colloidal entities during membrane filtration based on an AC electrokinetic phenomenon called dielectrophoresis. First, the influence of dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces created on a membrane surface to levitate...
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Fall 2013
The continuing interest in Lab-on-a-Chip technologies and Point-of-Care diagnostics systems is driving the development of supporting components for microfluidic regulation. Optimally the microfluidic regulation components would operate cyclically with a minimum input power, could be precisely...
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Accelerated Zero-stress Hydrothermal Aging of Dry Glass, Basalt, and Carbon Fibers and Service Life Prediction Using Arrhenius Model
DownloadFall 2023
The utilization of fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPC) has rapidly increased over the past few decades because of their attractive mechanical properties, comparatively low volumetric mass density, and excellent corrosion resistance compared to traditional engineering materials like steel...